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Yahoo!, ISPs dig in against labels
News On one side are Internet companies, civil liberties groups and telecommunications providers, an alliance that is opposed by the RIAA and the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA). The 30-page amicus brief, signed by 12 groups including the...
[September 11, 2002, 8:30]
Confusion as Biscit withdraws from ISP association
News UK internet service provider Biscit has withdrawn from the Internet Service Providers' Association and is not taking on any new customers. According to an Internet Service Providers' Association (ISPA) spokesperson, Biscit "resigned [its...
[February 26, 2007, 10:55]
British ISPs forced to reveal customers' personal data
News Trade association The British Phonographic Association (BPI) which last week vowed to bring 28 illegal music uploaders to justice, has secured a High Court action to force the internet service providers to come up with the identities of the...
[October 15, 2004, 12:25]
ISPs blast police ignorance
News At the fifth annual Parliamentary ISPA (Internet Service Providers' Association) forum in the House of Lords, Rachel Basger, regulatory manager at World Online says that, when requesting information on suspects, police have often been clueless...
[January 17, 2001, 9:22]
Australian code aims to curb spam
News The IIA taskforce, chaired by Western Australian Internet Association (WAIA) representative Jeremy Malcolm, also includes representatives from the South Australian Internet Association (SAIA), major and smaller ISPs and email service providers, as...
[July 26, 2004, 10:55]
UK ISPs reassured over 'royalty tariff' claim
News The UK's Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA) says the judgement will not affect UK ISPs because the EU E-Commerce Directive, which was passed around two years ago, means that ISPs here are a "mere conduit of information" and not held...
[December 2, 2003, 12:40]
Unmetered access model crumbles
News The Internet Service Providers' Association (ISPA) blames Oftel and again warns consumers not to be taken in by free offers. ISPs are accused of being immoral in their handling of unmetered services by customers rights organisation the Consumers...
[August 8, 2000, 16:06]
ISP caching tool muddies copyright waters
News Just using the word 'caching' doesn't mean that the service is automatically exempt from copyright liability," according to a statement from the IFPI, the trade association representing the international recording industry.
[July 21, 2003, 13:16]
VoIP industry fears over-regulation
News According to Eli Katz, the co-founder and chairman of the Internet Telephony Services Providers Association (ITSPA), providers believe this long list of requirements will act against consumer protection.
[November 17, 2006, 16:10]
RIAA scales up legal attack
News The Recording Industry Association of America picked up the pace of its legal attack on Net music swappers on Tuesday, filing copyright infringement suits against another 531 individuals. With the total number of people sued now approaching 1,500...
[February 18, 2004, 9:35]
AltaVista cancels unmetered service
News Complaints have been flooding into Trading Standards offices, telecoms watchdog Oftel and the Consumers' Association. The Consumers' Association has warned users that they have little legal comeback, but describes the unmetered fiasco as "immoral".
[August 22, 2000, 9:14]
EC wins internet villain award
News The Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA) has named and shamed the internet hero and villain of the year — the most eagerly anticipated gongs at its annual awards bash. The internet villain of the year was awarded to commissioner Vivianne...
[February 19, 2007, 9:43]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Each year, the Internet Service Providers' Association throws away its M&S suit, discards its anorak and pops down to Moss Bros to make like a penguin. Alas, the gang got so into this that they gave a rousing screech of approval for their...
[February 25, 2005, 17:10]
Heroes and villains
Leader The UK Internet Service Provider's association (ISPA) has opted for the latter approach, with the release of nominations for its Internet Industry Awards. In fact, Reding's campaign to force mobile providers — including Orange, which happens to be...
[January 5, 2007, 14:28]
Oftel dictated to by BT says ISPA
News Oftel's ability to regulate BT is left in serious doubt Friday as the Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA) accuses the watchdog of being "misinformed" and details its failure to deliver flat rate access in the UK.
[August 25, 2000, 14:42]
ISPs angry about broadband regulation
News In a statement released on Friday, the Internet Service Providers' Association (ISPA) claimed that Ofcom's current system is having a harsh effect on small- and medium-sized ISPs. British Internet service providers are lobbying Ofcom to urgently...
[November 16, 2004, 10:45]
The ZDNet UK community strikes back!
Blog Comment It appears that Biscit have now "stepped down" from membership of the ISPA, the Internet Service Providers Association.dc Further to my earlier comment.
[February 25, 2007, 16:31]
UK industry group demands VoIP support
News The creation of the Internet Telephony Service Providers Association (ITSPA) was announced on Tuesday. A group of UK telecoms operators and Internet service providers have banded together to lobby for greater support for Internet telephony in the UK.
[March 23, 2004, 16:25]
Internet 'heroes and villains' vie for ISPA awards
News The Internet Service Providers' Association has published the nomination lists for the "hero and villain" categories at its annual awards. The BPI music industry association is named "for its heavy-handed approach against consumers rather than...
[January 15, 2008, 15:54]
Amnesty: ISPs must protect free speech
News Speaking at the annual awards dinner held last week by the Internet Service Providers' Association (ISPA), Amnesty's campaigns director, Tim Hancock, told delegates that: "Web users and service providers alike have a responsibility to keep alive...
[February 19, 2007, 12:15]
